Weak, Weakened, Weaker, Weakness

Weak, Weakened, Weaker, Weakness

'''A — 1: ἀσθενής (Strong'S #772 — Adjective — asthenes — as-then-ace' )

lit., "strengthless" (see Impotent), is translated "weak," (a) of physical "weakness,"  Matthew 26:41;  Mark 14:38;  1 Corinthians 1:27;  4:10;  11:30 (a judgment upon spiritual laxity in a church);   2 Corinthians 10:10;  1 Peter 3:7 (comparative degree); (b) in the spiritual sense, said of the rudiments of Jewish religion, in their inability to justify anyone,   Galatians 4:9; of the Law,  Hebrews 7:18; in  Romans 5:6 , Rv , "weak" (Av, "without strength"), of the inability of man to accomplish his salvation; (c) morally or ethically,  1 Corinthians 8:7,10;  9:22; (d) rhetorically, of God's actions according to the human estimate,  1 Corinthians 1:25 , "weakness," lit., "the weak things of God." See Feeble , Sick.

'''A — 2: ἀδύνατος (Strong'S #102 — Adjective — adunatos — ad-oo'-nat-os )

lit., "not powerful," is translated "weak" in  Romans 15:1 , of the infirmities of those whose scruples arise through lack of faith (see  Romans 14:22,23 ), in the same sense as No. 1 (c); the change in the adjective (cp.  Romans 14:1 ) is due to the contrast with dunatoi, the "strong," who have not been specifically mentioned as such in ch. 14. See Impossible.

'''B — 1: ἀσθενέω (Strong'S #770 — Verb — astheneo — as-then-eh'-o )

"to lack strength," is used in much the same way as A, No. 1, and translated "being ... weak" in  Romans 4:19 , Av (Rv, "being weakened"); 8:3; 14:1,2 (in some texts,  1 Corinthians 8:9 );  2 Corinthians 11:21,29 (twice); 12:10; 13:3,4,9. See Diseased , Impotent , Sick.

'''C — 1: ἀσθένεια (Strong'S #769 — Noun Feminine — astheneia — as-then'-i-ah )

for which see Infirmity , is rendered "weakness," of the body,  1 Corinthians 2:3;  15:43;  2 Corinthians 11:30 , Rv; 12:5 (plural, Rv),9,10, Rv;  Hebrews 11:34; in  2 Corinthians 13:4 , "He was crucified through weakness" is said in respect of the physical sufferings to which Christ voluntarily submitted in giving Himself up to the death of the Cross.